Tammi Gaw
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Tammi Gaw has been a part of the sports landscape for over 20 years. Beginning her career as an athletic trainer at the University of Oklahoma, Tammi brought her experience as a competitive gymnast to the sports medicine world, working at both the high school and Division I university levels.  As one of only a handful of professionals licensed as both an attorney and an athletic trainer, Tammi's unique and unconventional career has included in-house counsel positions, non-profit management and board participation, and C-suite level work with integrated planning for large and medium scale sporting events.

 

Tammi’s expertise extends to the business of college sports, including name, image, and likeness (NIL) reform, Title IX, and medical welfare for athletes of all levels. Through her company Advantage Rule, Tammi combines her extensive experience in sports medicine, business, and law with her passion for advocacy. Whether on the field, in the boardroom and executive suite, or advocating for client groups seeking access to long term medical care for former athletes, Tammi brings invaluable insight and perspective.

 

Tammi is an international speaker and lecturer on issues around sports business, law, medicine, and social justice, and has been featured in a variety of news outlets, podcasts, panels, and publications. Additionally, she was privileged to address the UK Parliament in 2009.  Tammi authored a course which covers legal aspects of sports medicine that is used by Athletic Training professors, and co-hosted two seasons of the Business ATvantage podcast to educate athletic trainers about the legal aspects of their careers.  She is a published author and continues to write in both fiction and non-fiction genres.  

 

Tammi graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in Health and Sports Sciences, from California Baptist University with a M.S. in Sports Management and Administration, and is a 2007 graduate of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

 

Representative Speaking Engagements:

 

• Speaker, Understanding the Legal Aspects of an Outreach Program, NATA Council on Practice Advancement Annual Conference, April 2022

• Moderator, Lack of Accountability in College Athletics for Athlete Abuse, The Drake Group, March 2022 

• Panelist, Contracting With College Athletes' Name, Image & Likeness, Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting, October 2021

• Moderator, Legal Consideration for Soccer Academies, Law In Sport Digital Conference, May 2021

• Guest Lecturer, Southern Utah University, Gender Economics in Sports, March 2021

• Guest Lecturer, University of Sterling, Scotland, US Health Insurance in the Context of Professional and Amateur Sports, March 2021

• Guest Lecturer, University of Southern Maine, Graduate and Undergraduate Athletic Training Students, February 2021

• Moderator, Moving Toward Gender Parity, Women in Sports Law Annual Meeting, September 2020

• Moderator, Return to Play and Duty of Care for Covid, Law in Sport Digital Conference, May 2020 

• Season 3 Co-Host, The Business ATVantage Podcast: AT Law With Tammi Gaw, July 2018 - July 2020

• Speaker, Mid Atlantic Athletic Trainers Annual Meeting, 20 May 2018

• Featured Interviewee, NATA Sports Medicine Legal Digest Vol I, Issue 2, September 2017

• Guest, Martinis & Your Money podcast, March 2017

• Guest Lecturer, Indiana State University, Healthcare Administration and Delivery, October 2016

• Speaker, Mid-Atlantic Association of Women in Law Enforcement, April 2016

• Speaker, Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, June 2013

• Panelist, Taking on Student Debt, Huffington Post Live, April 16, 2013

• Featured author, Empower: Stories of Breakthrough, Triumph and Discovery, PA Family Publishing, March 2013

• Panelist, The Path to Africa’s Economic Recovery, American University, April 13, 2010

• Speaker, Socially Responsible Investing: Is it Really Necessary? Is it Really Profitable?, District of Columbia Bar (March 30, 2010)

• Speaker, Vulture Funds and Their Implications For Highly Indebted Countries, Social Investment Forum Webinar (March 19, 2009)

• Speaker, Meeting of All Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade on Vulture Funds, United Kingdom Parliament, (January 27, 2009)